Bells Java Stout

Brewed by Bells Brewery
Style: Stout
Kalamazoo, Michigan USA

Poured a nice opaque black color with a tan head. Aroma was of coffee and spices. Flavor was of a little coffee and some strange spicey, almost a chile beer flavor, very strange.

12 oz bottle...Thank You Daknole!....Dark brown sugar head, dark dark brown body--almost mistook as black...Aroma is a fresh bag of whole bean coffee...bitter like Blue Mountain beans...after sitting less than 3 minutes, a sweetness enters the nostrils...so far a true coffee experience....fresh beans--then they are ground--cream is added--so far this is all before I have sipped it--ah the coffee is being created in my mind, now to taste-->Body is silky and smooth, rich and full, sweet, but not too sweet...coffee coffee and coffee...a bitterness in the finish--this beer defines coffee to me...dense and intense...lacing is dotted but sticks--overall balanced and easy to drink , yet it lingers on every taste bud...a wonderful caffeinated alcholated created beverage...palate nice, low carbonation--an alcohol infused coffee, but so much more,,,yum yum and yum I could drink this in the morning b4 the job...:)

Boooya! Pours black with a sexy brown head. Aroma is of coffee and a hint of chocolate. The taste is awesome because it reminds me of black coffee, not hazelnut or vanilla or what have you. Very delicious.

Bottle thanks to EithCubes. Pours a dark black with a nice frothy beige head. The aroma was mostly a rich and great cup of joe. The taste was quite full and very smooth; tons of slightly bitter coffee beans and some rich burnt coffee/malts. Also, their is a sweet plum and chocolate aspect that balances it out. Very nice. What I expect from Bells-quality.

can you say coffee? scent is very coffee’ee. taste of coffee bean and burnt roast. a slight hint of chocolate. The coffee taste is a little overwelming, so I would probably not purchase this again. it is still a well constructed beer with good complexity.

12 oz bought from the brewery in a mixed sixer. Batch 8151. Pours a delightful dark chocolate/coffee color with a short, creamy head that lasts throughout the brew with reasonable lacing. For me, the taste is wonderful for I am a coffee lover in addition to my love for beer. The dark, rich coffee flavor blends well with the light notes of chocolate and decent amount of malts, all hiding the alcohol taste quite well. The malts actually gives me a hazelnut feel on the palate, which I truly don’t mind. I was pretty impressed with this one, though Bells rarely disappoints.

If you are a coffee lover then this the beer for you. The aroma is pure java and the rest the feel of the beer is soft yet yet has some carbonation where it counts. taste is nice espresso and the malts take a back seat, but in this case it is worth it.

The aroma is burnt, but like coffee, malt, and a hint of smoke. The appearance is dark dark brown with a tan head. The flavor is nice if you like 7/11 coffee but I am not a fan. The palate is smooth. Overall it’s a disappointment.